Wang Dong proposed to hold a concert, obviously to please Sun Sansi.
On the surface, this proposal seemed inappropriate, even absurd. But on the other hand, Zhangxiaozhuang and Gaolaozhuang, despite the "heavy army approaching," were impregnable.
Holding a so-called concert can not only boost morale, but also undermine the morale of the enemy. Why not do it?
Of course, Zhang Shixun was unwilling to waste his energy on this matter, so he left the concert matters to Li Shishi and the others.
Master Li and her two sisters gladly accepted.
They learned medical skills from Rou Baigu in the morning, organized women to support the army in the afternoon, and prepared for the performance in the evening. They were very busy and had a lot of fun.
Zhang Shixun spent most of his time every day patrolling the ice city walls.
Since Saici was attacked by heavenly fire, Pharmacist Guo has become much more cautious.
Although snowballs were still being piled up, the scale was much smaller. There were only fifty people piling up snowballs outside the range of crossbows, preparing to push them under the ice city wall at night.
The result of doing so was that casualties were greatly reduced, but at the same time, the attempt to attack the city by building snowballs was tantamount to failure.
Pharmacist Guo now regrets taking on this task.
I originally thought that I could easily capture Zhang Xiaozhuang with my superior military strength, but I didn't expect that the other party had built a tall ice wall.
This thing is harder to attack than a real city wall. Even if you increase the number of troops several times, it may not be possible to break it.
The best way is to wait for the weather to get warmer, then the ice wall will melt on its own and collapse.
But the weather was not good. It kept snowing and there was no sign of it stopping.
The time, place and people are not on Pharmacist Guo's side.
There is no way to continue this war.
But Guo Yaoshi did not dare to stop fighting because the Jurchens were watching.
Saici lay on his back in the tent, the burns on his body hurting him in waves, making him grimace in pain and groan.
Pharmacist Guo came in to visit and personally applied oil to the puncture wound.
The wounds from the stab wounds were not big, but they were very deep, especially the wound on the leg, where you could even see the thigh bone.
Pharmacist Guo healed his wound and advised, "Saci, your injuries are serious. There's no military doctor here. You should return to the main camp for treatment."
Sai Ci gritted his teeth and said, "If I don't go back, I will watch you attack Zhang Xiaozhuang and Gao Laozhuang, and watch you chop off the heads of Zhang Shixun and Wang Dong."
"This..." Pharmacist Guo pondered for a moment and said helplessly, "Master Zhang is as cunning as a fox. The ice wall he built is really difficult to attack. It will take more than a few days to take it down."
"Bah! Stop making excuses for yourself." Sai Ci spat at him. "I've known since I was a kid that Han Chinese are timid. When I grew up, I fought several battles with them, and every time they were beaten, they ran like rats, clutching their heads. Even though you grew up in Liao, you're also Han Chinese, just as small as a rat."
Pharmacist Guo wiped the spit from his face and said calmly, "I, Pharmacist Guo, have been on the battlefield for so many years, and this is the first time someone has called me a coward."
"If you were brave enough, you should have set up a ladder and attacked the city instead of hiding in the distance and playing with snowballs every day."
"The purpose of snowballing is to pile up thorns under the city to facilitate the siege."
"Don't fool me, don't think I don't know. You're nominally attacking the city, but you're really just putting on an act for us... Pharmacist Guo, if you have the guts, start the attack tomorrow."
Pharmacist Guo glared at him and gritted his teeth, "If we attack like that, many people will die."
"Where in war is there no death?"
"It's not your people who died, so of course you don't feel sad."
Sai Ci said fiercely, "I will also join the siege tomorrow. Will you have nothing to say?"
Pharmacist Guo was speechless and could only say, "Since you insist on a strong attack, then let's give it a try."
He stood up, turned and walked out of the tent.
After he left, Sai Shi called a confidant and instructed him, "Return to the main camp tonight and tell Marshal Wuliebu about the military situation here. Tell him that I said Guo Yaoshi is as cowardly as a mouse and we should change the commander."
The confidant agreed to go.
However, when he was leading his horse out of the military camp, two dark shadows rushed out from the darkness and pinned him to the ground. One of them covered his mouth, and the other stabbed him in the chest with a knife.
Then the two men dragged the body onto the horse and disappeared into the darkness.
Inside the military tent of Pharmacist Guo, a charcoal fire was burning fiercely. Pharmacist Guo took off his boots and stretched his feet over the charcoal fire to roast them. A pungent smell of feet spread in the tent.
Zhen Wuchen walked in from outside and was almost suffocated by the smell of feet. He suppressed his nausea and reported: "General, according to your instructions, everything has been done."
"No one saw it?"
"Don't worry, those standing guard are all our people. The Jurchens will definitely not know."
Pharmacist Guo was still worried and asked, "Has the corpse been dealt with?"
"It's been taken care of. We dragged it to a distant place and dug a snow pit to bury it."
Zhen Wuchen felt that Pharmacist Guo was being overly cautious and said with a smile, "Are you still unsure about my brother's work?"
Pharmacist Guo shook his head and sighed, "It's not that I'm worried, but the Jurchens are wary of us everywhere. This involves the lives of thousands of brothers, so we have to be careful."
Zhen Wuchen walked up to him and said in a low voice, "This Seraite is a piece of shit. He's just a little Mouke, but he thinks he's the boss and finds fault with everything. I think we should just go all out and..."
He stretched out his palm and made a chopping gesture.
Pharmacist Guo said nothing. He retracted his foot and put his boots back on. Then he stood up and patted Zhen Wuchen on the shoulder. "Wuchen, we brothers have come this far through untold hardships and have overcome countless crises. It's really not easy. First we rebelled against Liao and defected to Song, then defected from Song to Jin. We've done everything we could have done. Now there's no other way out. We can only keep going."
He paced a few paces in the tent and continued, "This time, the Jin Kingdom has mobilized almost all of its available forces to attack the Song Dynasty, while the Song Dynasty is seriously short of troops. In my opinion, the Song Dynasty is doomed this time. We follow the Jurchens. This is in line with the general trend. As long as the losses are not too great, we will definitely share a lot of benefits after the war."
Zhen Wuchen nodded: "I know what the general means."
Pharmacist Guo said, "Although Sai Ci is a reckless man, he also saw that I was just trying to get by and conserve my strength. That's why he forced me to attack Zhang Xiaozhuang."
"So, the general is planning to launch a strong attack tomorrow?"
Pharmacist Guo spread his hands and said helplessly, "He forced me into a corner, so I had no choice but to pretend."
Zhen Wuchen smiled bitterly and said, "Since we are going to attack by force, how should we do it?"
"Tell the brothers to attack tomorrow. Beat the drums louder, shout louder, and have the men setting up the ladders wear two layers of armor to minimize casualties."
Just as he said this, a soldier stumbled in from outside, "Report... Report to the general, Zhang Tianshi sent someone here, saying he is issuing a declaration of war."
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